WESTPORT — Many personnel issues came up at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, including the potential for a prolonged delay in replacing Treasurer George Foster.

Foster, who has held the elected treasurer’s post for 25 years, officially announced he plans to step down on July 16. Selectmen on Monday accepted the resignation with regret, and then selectmen Chairman Antone Vieira Jr. outlined a potential issue.

During Town Meeting on May 3, residents voted to turn the position into a selectmen-appointed one, after selectmen and other officials suggested the move. The change would go into effect after Foster’s retirement. However, that matter needs to gain an affirmative vote to take effect at the election ballot, but the next annual town election will not be held until next April.

Vieira said that could potentially leave the town without a treasurer until then. He and fellow selectmen agreed to discuss the matter and devise a possible solution at the June 30 Board of Selectmen meeting.

“If we don’t wait for the next election — what do we do?” Vieira asked. “We do not have the authority to appoint until the next ballot.”

In Foster’s letter, he offered to continue to help the town in an unofficial capacity after July 16.

“I am honored to have served as Westport treasurer for 25 years,” he said, thanking voters for re-electing him time after time.

Vieira noted that in this upcoming fiscal year, there could be quite a few staffing vacancies the town will need to address.

“We just don’t have the manpower to get the job done in many areas,” Vieira said. “We have to learn how to. We just can’t ignore the problems... We can’t expect people to accomplish what we want them to accomplish ... We need to figure out what we are going to do in some of these areas.”

In other personnel news, building inspector Ralph Souza passed a state examination, meaning his title will now be upgraded to building commissioner. As a result, selectmen agreed with Souza’s plan to name Andrew Bobola the alternate commissioner. Bobola will only be paid for the time he works, and will be called upon in Souza’s absence. Souza said he set aside $4,500 in his budget to pay Bobola in Souza’s absence.